The Greatest Show You Have Been To, EVA? music

[Bush]

This thread is influenced by SJ's Rage against the Machine post.

 

 

For Me:

 

1. Nofx at the Polish Falcon on Lake Michigan Ave in GR (Grand Rapids Mi.) sometime in the summer of '93 (I think). Very, very small show maybe under 100 ppl and I got to drink beer with fat Mike.

 

2. Lolapalooza's 1,2,3. Janes Addiction, Ministry, NIN, Alice in Chains, Rage Against the Machine, Henry Rollins. Yeah those were the day's. Friggin awesome!!!

 

3. Woodstock '94.. Live then Jame's on the opening night, and throw in Jackel for the ending night gig, doesn't get much better than that. The rest of the weekend kind of sucked do to the rain and walking in poo, but I enjoyed the Cranberries and many, many other bands (I can elaborate later if asked), Hmm CCR ect..

 

4. Any Ministry show at the Orbit Room in GR. Went to three and they all rocked..

 

5. Janes Addiction at the State Fair grounds (somewhere in Detroit) sometime in the late 90's (I'm thinking '96 but don't know for sure).

 

6. System of a Down GR Van Andel Sept of '05, last show I've been to and it was over the top..

 

7. Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden at the Breslin sometime in the mid 90's.

 

8. Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins at K-Wings stadium (one month before Kurt Cobain decided to take a shot gun to the face). Kzoo.

 

edit: needed to add a couple more..

Edited September 9, 2008 by BushMaster

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bushmaster - did you know i worked @ klq back in the andy o'reily / stern show days? we probably ran into each other at a few of the west michigan shows.

 

1. new birth brass band, live in new orleans, few months before katrina. live jazz from a family of musicians (literally, family) spanning 3 generations. not the greatest musicians, but the amount of soul in that show was insane. i'll never forget it.

 

2. pearl jam, two years back, bill graham civic theatre in san francisco. a smaller venue (maybe 10k or less), with great great sound. we had floor seats, but headed up towards a balcony that gave us opera box-style seats, basically peering over the ledge down at the stage. great vantage point, great sound.

 

3. aceyalone, some casino, south lake tahoe. the house-provided sound crew thought the 2nd opener was the headliner and that no one else was performing. he packed his equipment and went home. when aceyalone came out, it was, uh, awkward. he improvised, crammed into a dj booth with dj dreadz, and rapped for about 4 hours (12a-4a). last night of his tour, and he just played out. he's got some weird beats, but he rhymes from the heart about deep stuff. 4 hours flew by.

 

4. nin/a perfect circle at van andel. on the floor, great sound. enough said.

 

5. sponge, acoustic, some dive in grand rapids. either they were really coked out, or someone had a bold decision to have these guys play here, sans electric guitars.

[Clueless]

KISS the 1st time they reunited and put the makeup back on...saw them 3 times...cheesy, I know, but it was a great show.

 

And Disturbed was great both times I saw them at small venues, up close, they sound awesome live.

[YoMamma]

I've seen 187 Bands in 30 Venues @ 61 Concerts. (Yes I keep track) These are some of my favorite moments:

 

October 30, 2000. Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena

My first concert ever: Anger Management Tour. Limp Bizkit, Eminem, Papa Roach, D12, and Xzibit. Most boobs I've EVER seen in a one day period. Literally every girl around us was flashing them in between the sets.

 

July 26, 2003. Chicago, IL @ Hawthorne Race Course

Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003. Metallica, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Deftones, and Mudvayne. Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park were my two favorite bands at that time. Both playing together.

 

July 16, 2006. Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

Ozzfest '06. I saw Ozzy Osbourne, System of a Down, Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Hatebreed, Lacuna Coil, DragonForce, Black Tide, and Black Label Society all in the same day. Possibly the best concert lineup I've ever been to. Plus, System of a Down is one of my favorite bands.

 

May 22, 2007. Chicago, IL @ Congress Theatre

Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Puddle of Mudd, and Red. I was up close and personal for Three Days Grace and the crowd was nuts. I also got to meet the singer from Breaking Benjamin after the show. He signed my ticket.

 

February 28, 2008. Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena

Foo Fighters, Serj Tankian (of System of a Down), and Against Me!. The Foo Fighters put on what could be one of the greatest shows I've ever seen. Plus I'm a huge System of a Down fan, so seeing Serj play his solo stuff was great too.

 

August 10, 2008. Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.

Mayhem Fest. I saw Slipknot, Disturbed, DragonForce, Mastodon, Machine Head,Five Finger Death Punch, Underoath, Black Tide, plus 4 additional bands I've never heard of all in the same show. I also met and got autographs from DragonForce, Machine Head, and Sid (#0) from Slipknot all that day. Not to mention the fact that Slipknot put on the craziest set I've ever seen. Slipknot's main drum set was lifted about 10 feet into the air by hydraulics, then fell forward 90 degrees so that their drummer was basically sitting on a wall looking down while he continued to drum the encore song.

[anonymo]

2. pearl jam, two years back, bill graham civic theatre in san francisco. a smaller venue (maybe 10k or less), with great great sound. we had floor seats, but headed up towards a balcony that gave us opera box-style seats, basically peering over the ledge down at the stage. great vantage point, great sound.

 

Friendship over. I could handle the Mac thing but Pearl Jam? Ouch. Bet you can't wait for the N'Sync revival tour.

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go get excited about running water coming to canada or something.

[Bush]

bushmaster - did you know i worked @ klq back in the andy o'reily / stern show days? we probably ran into each other at a few of the west michigan.

 

That's cool. I recall you telling me that you were from the Holland area. Were you an intern? Most likely we ran into each other. I'm not sure about your age but do you remember 1340am when they would have shows at the Orbiit Room for $1.34. I saw Primus, Rollins, My Life With The Thrill Kill Cult, and Blind Melon that summer.. I think it was '93. I also saw Tool there but that was a full priced show. Jim Rose's circus show was pretty cool too. The chain saw act was insane, the were playing catch with them as they were tossing them over the crowds heads (yes we had to sign a waiver before we entered).

[dragonfly]

1. Small venue, a band called

in town here.

 

2. Another small venue, but a band called

.

 

Niether of the above had great supporting bands, but they were great themselves, and humble I thought too, but very energetic. Mind you, I havent been to a tonne of shows.

[Bush]

Pick out Bushmaster and you get a free beer on me.

(some of you have met me in r/l so it shouldn't be hard)

 

Hands down the most amazing show I have ever been to (It's James btw). My cousin flew up from Chicago, and my best friend flew in from Dallas (this was in Minneapolis ). It was so friggin awesome I can't put words to it. We have been huge fan's since '89. Yeah I'm getting up there in years (34). Been to alot of shows over the years, but just look at the crowd (a good majority Jame's fans) sang along during the 4th encore. Like I said f'ing awesome..

 

 

-Bush

Edited October 9, 2008 by BushMaster

[nut]

This thread is influenced by SJ's Rage against the Machine post.

 

 

For Me:

 

 

2. Lolapalooza's 1,2,3. Janes Addiction, Ministry, NIN, Alice in Chains, Rage Against the Machine, Henry Rollins. Yeah those were the day's. Friggin awesome!!!

 

 

5. Janes Addiction at the State Fair grounds (somewhere in Detroit) sometime in the late 90's (I'm thinking '96 but don't know for sure).

 

 

7. Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden at the Breslin sometime in the mid 90's.

 

8. Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins at K-Wings stadium (one month before Kurt Cobain decided to take a shot gun to the face). Kzoo.

 

edit: needed to add a couple more..

 

 

 

that's awesome! i would love all of those shows!

 

nirvana! Soundgarden!!! Pearl Jam!! Chili peppers!! RATM!!!

 

I think of all the shows id be liking number 7!

 

 

Ahhh ive only been to 2 shows

[Maddot66]

Went to see Iron Maiden the last time they performed. The show and the music were killer.

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ah, what a thread to bring back!

 

wish i could afford a trip to bonaroo this year

[Flitterkill]

Saw the second to final Husker Du show ever - does that give me "street cred"?

 

-Fk

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Saw the second to final Husker Du show ever - does that give me "street cred"?

 

-Fk

hang on...googling.

 

yes. it also makes you really, really old. are we using your AARP discount on any of our hosting plans?

[Preacher]

http://www.metallicaworld.co.uk/metallica_tour_dates_sheds.htm

 

June 28, 1994

 

An absolutely fantastic show

[san`]

Best all time would have been Sully Erna (lead singer of Godsmack) performing a one-man all acoustic show.

[Jiffy]

Lucky Boys Confusion at the Metro in '05

 

or Tom petty and the heart breakers, black crows opened up. sat 5th row center at Midwest amphitheater 5 years+ back

[NOFX]

NOFX is jealous of the NOFX show in 93 and drinking a beer with Fat Mike.

 

I've been to quite a few shows, but my fav was seeing Strung Out a couple years back here in va Beach. It was a very small bar with about a 2 foot stage, felt like there were about 50 people or so there. I sort of found the room where they let the bands hang out after the show and chilled with Rob and Jason for about 15-20 minutes.

Edited June 17, 2010 by .fx